Stanley Cup Finals

[Boston]

Should be a great series.

Any Edmontonians care to wager a six-pack of local micro on the outcome?

Jeff

 

[Boston]

Any Edmontonians care to wager a six-pack of local micro on the outcome?

Come on, now! Where are all you hockey-lovin' Canucks at? I'm Jonesin' for some hockey banter!
Jeff

 

[Dude]

I plan on watching the finals....I like both teams though...just wanna see great hockey..or hawkey...depending on where you are from.....

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

I used to be an Edmonton fan, but now I'm obviously with the Canes. I think our two Albertans are actually Calgarians, so I'm not sure if they're even watching anymore...?

 

[Chairman Cheyco]

Any Edmontonians care to wager a six-pack of local micro on the outcome?

This will go unanswered as no Edmontonian is able to use a computer! :cross:


My Flames lost in the first round and soured everything for me (Flaming Lambic perhaps?) I would watch the finals, if I were 15000miles closer to home...

 

[Toilet Rocker]

It's about time we've hit the finals...hate days without games.

I expect the hurricanes to make it through this series, though I think they still belong in Hartford. I think the oilers will be rusty early on, but hopefully they'll find their legs early on and make this the fast-skating, lengthy series that it should be.

That said, just over three months til training camp...

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

It was the Canes that looked rusty to me, at least the first two periods. That last goal was a bit anti-climatic, but I did let out a Nelson "ha ha!"

 

[Cheesefood]

I heard that only 611,000 households watched game 1. It was beaten in the ratings by game one of the women's college softball finals.

 

[Dude]

what channel is it being played on?

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

I heard that only 611,000 households watched game 1. It was beaten in the ratings by game one of the women's college softball finals.

OLN also reaches 20 million fewer households than even ESPN2. A better indication would be when it's on NBC starting after Game 2. Nothing like statistics...

I also heard it was 611,000 more households than watched any other NHL team this week.

 

[Cheesefood]

what channel is it being played on?

Stanley Cup is on Outdoor Life Network, which gets about 64 million households. The softball game was on ESPN2, which gets significantly more, but still...

 

[Toilet Rocker]

Women's college...let that sink in a moment...women's college anything...I'm there!

XM for the finals and ESPN2 for the view. ha!

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

Women's college...let that sink in a moment...women's college anything...I'm there!

I don't know...some of those softball players

Now tennis, gymnastics, cheerleading...oh yeah.

 

[Toilet Rocker]

D'oh! I didn't realize. Other than Rescue Me, my tv hasn't been on since the Rangers were eliminated.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

<7hrs till the puck's dropped!

 

[Toilet Rocker]

It's a shame what happened to Roloson. I'd opt for Jussi over Ty if I'm MacTavish.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

It's a shame what happened to Roloson. I'd opt for Jussi over Ty if I'm MacTavish.

Other people are saying the same thing. It'll be interesting to see who starts.

 

[Wolf]

I care much more about....

The AHL Calder Cup Finals.

GO MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS!!!!!

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

Man, that was an ass whuppin'. Really wouldn't blaim it on Jussi, though, moreso on every other Oiler. They really lost it at the end, but at least the Canes got a lot of power play practice! If they don't get it together back in Edmonton this is going to be a pretty short series (I'd actually like to see an extra game or two, but no seventh!).

 

[Dude]

Boy that game was a snoozer. I wouldn't be surprised to see a sweep now. Edmonton looks tired and beat down, especially without the guy who stood on his head throughout the whole playoffs.

FWIW, I'm loving the commentary from these guys. Mike Emrick and Jon Davidson are classic. I always think of Olympic Hockey when those two talk. And Bill and Mark and Brian and the other guy are great too. Very knowledgeable.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

Engblom's mullet kills me, and I can't look at Messier anymore without remembering him sobbing like a girl for 5-10 minutes during his press conf, but yeah, I agree they've got great insights. OLN has a pretty good crew assembled. Ironically, I used to be a big Edmonton/Messier fan.

 

[Dude]

Yeah, I seriously feel bad for Engblom and Barry Melrose. Come on guys, we aren't stuck in the 80's anymore.

 

[Toilet Rocker]

I'd have to disagree about Emrick. Sure, he is one of the more knowledgable dudes out there, but his delivery kills me. He overemphasizes everything. Whoa, and Carolina dumps it in (!!!!). Every shot on goal sounds like a quality shot, based on his delivery. Brings far too much excitement to the calls that it comes off really fake.

I don't think EDM is gonna win this series, but I think they'll squeak one out up north.

 

[Walker]

I'm a little ticked off.

Now, I am not a huge hockey fan, but I do enjoy watching it occasionally, and I would certainly not mind GOING to a Stanley Cup game.

Well, last night I had the opportunity to go. My next door neighbor was given two tickets to the game. His wife said that she would go with him, but thought that I would enjoy it more than she would, so gave me the option of claiming the 2nd ticket and heading over to the RBD center with her husband to watch Game 2.

Well... I had work meeting from 8pm to 10pm (sometimes the time difference between here and headquarters in CA stinks), and I was supposed to give a 15 minute presentation toward the end of that 2 hour time slot.

Thus, I had to decline the invitation/ticket.

Well... the presenters in front of me for the meeting last night ran long (due to questions from the 'audience'), and 10pm rolled around without ever getting to my part. A continuation meeting is scheduled for tomorrow during which I get to give my speil.

I should have gone to the game last night.

-walker

 

[Dude]

I'm a little ticked off.

Now, I am not a huge hockey fan, but I do enjoy watching it occasionally, and I would certainly not mind GOING to a Stanley Cup game.

Well, last night I had the opportunity to go. My next door neighbor was given two tickets to the game. His wife said that she would go with him, but thought that I would enjoy it more than she would, so gave me the option of claiming the 2nd ticket and heading over to the RBD center with her husband to watch Game 2.

Well... I had work meeting from 8pm to 10pm (sometimes the time difference between here and headquarters in CA stinks), and I was supposed to give a 15 minute presentation toward the end of that 2 hour time slot.

Thus, I had to decline the invitation/ticket.

Well... the presenters in front of me for the meeting last night ran long (due to questions from the 'audience'), and 10pm rolled around without ever getting to my part. A continuation meeting is scheduled for tomorrow during which I get to give my speil.

I should have gone to the game last night.

-walker

Bummer, man.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

Yet more reinforcement that it's better to ask for forgiveness later than permission now.

 

[Boston]

Me and Lord Stanley's silver chalice, NHL Draft, June '04, Raleigh, NC
Jeff

 

[Walker]

so... you're kind of a hockey fan, Jeff?

 

[SwAMi75]

so... you're kind of a hockey fan, Jeff?

Either that, or he was caught in the midst of tripping on a rumple in the carpet, sending the Stanley Cup crashing to the floor a second later.

 

[Ize]

Either that, or he was caught in the midst of tripping on a rumple in the carpet, sending the Stanley Cup crashing to the floor a second later.

Wouldn't matter. Unless it's an urban legend, that trophy has been passed around more than (name your favorite high school bicycle-girl)... From what I understood every player on the winning team gets to spend some quality time with it...

(Not that the Blues have seen the S.O.B. rolled down one of the streets of the Landing in downtown St. Louis in an age or 12.... )

But if it's true it's still cool. Great pic Boston. Enjoy the rest of the finals too. I'm a MAJOR baseball guy tho and my boys are hurtin' hurtin' HURTIN..... Gonna be a long road to October.

Ize